Kevin, correct. It works as both a partial preventative for AMS, and as a partial treatment for established AMS. Relative values of those two benefits is subject to lots and lots of debate. Did I mention the word partial?
As for the symptoms with the trial at sea level, you could stop it, then "rechallenge" with another low dose. That way you could better understand if you really had a side effect, or just a bad day.
PS Lots of factors as mentioned: tolerance versus medical benefit. These compete for when to start? day before, or day of ascent. I think most people start day before or night before if they have tolerated it well before. If you get your testing phase out of the way now, there would be little reason to start it 2 days before ascent. Lots of opinions among lay and expert audiences on all of this.
Last edited by Harvey Lankford; 09/19/11 05:27 PM.
